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I have a great time playing through all sorts of game worlds¡ªblasting randomly placed enemies, collecting scattered power-ups, earning points, gaining levels, all en route to some nefarious ¡°main boss.¡± Usually the game world is very transparent though, meaning I can tell I¡¯m in a game from the moment I pick up a controller to the moment I put it down again. As a player, I¡¯m not exploring environments, I¡¯m beating levels. I¡¯m not fighting aliens, I¡¯m defeating scripting.
This isn¡¯t always the case. Sometimes I can forget I¡¯m playing a game. Sometimes I feel I really am crawling through an air vent in the Black Mesa Facility. Sometimes I think I¡¯m actually looking for the orc chieftain who has been leading the attacks on my village. Sometimes I¡ª
Wait! Whoa, let me back up for a second. I¡¯m afraid I¡¯m giving you the wrong idea here. I¡¯m not one of those immersion freaks who speak in character in MMO general chat. (¡°Lo, I am Beragond, son of Herengar, from the House of¡ª.¡±) |
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